GINGER |
CLILA
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by Ethel Hueston
Illustrations by
Irwin Myers
Copyright, by Bobbs Merrill Co,
WNU Service
CHAPTER X—Continued
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“Certainly not. It wouldn't look
well. He knows there's quite a fam.
ily of you, so it would be too pointed
Just to throw him headlong at Mar.
Jory’s complexion, #8 you might say,
No, you'd better have Miriam on hand,
too.”
Ginger leaped to her plans with
young enthusiasm. “Now, we must
rush the thing through with a lot of
snap,” she cried. “Sweep him right
oft his feet—and sweep BMargle off
too. For you know— Walt till | see
if anybody's around! You know,
Eddy, she's awfully gone on— You
know who— Preacher! Walt, till 1
close the door! Yes, he's nice, but he
can console himself with Miriam.
Such a sensible girl ought to be a
great consolation to religion.”
Eddy’s invitation for them to come
out to Pay Dirt for dinner at the farm
she negatived after a moment's con-
sideration.
“No. Too prosaic. Your mother is
80 practical. She and Miriam would
be sure to talk of esnning fruit, or
frying chickens, or what not. No,
you bring him here. t don’t know how
in the world I'll get rid of Hiram, but
1 will. ['Il get rid ot father, too, for
he'd be sure to give it away, he's so
bonest. Make it rather late—the fur.
niture doesn’t show up well—]
mean so badly—when it is dark. Come
for dinner, but not too early. Come
in the gloaming.”
“All right, What time is the gloam-
ing?" asked Eddy.
Ginger hung up the receiver. Then
she went straight to the atiie. This
was opportunity tapping at thelr door.
Tapping? Why, it was fairly scream-
ing for admittance. A cool milljon—
Eddy was righi—hot million would be
better, a fiery million, a boiling mil
lion, a skyrocket million. She un-
locked the doll’s trunk. The precious
cache had been rifled often, and pretty
thoroughly, in the last three weeks,
but a steady stream trickled into It
every day. And this was .0 be an
event in the lives of every one of
them. a thing t. remember forever,
as long as they Hved
Slinger, with that springing imagina.
tion of hers, could already see Mar
Jory, with softly silvered halr and the
delicate rose flush of old age on her
peach-bloom cheeks, recounting to the
grandchildren clustered at her knee—
beauriful children, all with golden
curls and dimpled elbows, and all
aboat the same size, clustered together
like the cherubs in old religious paint.
ings—*and this party was planned. and
paid for, for my sake, hy my dear little
sister Ginger Ella. And there met—"
She filled her shabby purse with
money, all dimes, and went down
town. There was buying to he done,
much buring But there was one
small detail thar required wer first
attention. Af the dry goods store she
went into the private office of the
president, to pny her Methodist re
spects to Joplin Westhury,
“Hello, how's everybody 7” he greet.
ed her cheerfully,
“Oh. Just fine, thanks.
getting a double chin. The twins are
fine, ton. They go to college In Just
ten days now I'm tine. ton.”
“How's our young preacher?”
“1 don’t know. | don't see much
of him. I think he's hlue—or fone.
some, or something. You see, he feels
that he's sort of out of things, be
canse he's .not a regular preacher, |
dare say he thinks the members sort
of snub him on thm aceount. and
feave him out of their church talk,
and all”
“Why, that's too bad. 1 suppose he
doesn't want to Intrude—with your
father there. and all. We like him
firsi-rate.”
“But you never do have him com
to your house to talk church—the way
you used to do with father, do you?”
“Well, you tell him to come around
and see me. Tell him | especially
asked for him. ['ll pretend he's heen
neglecting me, and put it off on him.
You tefl him | want to know why he
aever cod 8 around te talk church!”
“When? Tonight?
“Weli—yes. Tonight.”
“He'll be pleased.” sald Ginger
gently. “He's so young. He Just
loves to go about with father, and hob
nob with the old pillars, and feel you
are all salt of the earth together.”
“Maybe your father would ike to
come along.”
“He'd love It
hie.”
“Of course | want him, 1 want both
of them. They've been making me
run everything myself, and 1 .don't
fike it.”
“Early this evening? Right after
dinner?”
“Teil them to come for dinner. I'll
call my wife right vp, and tell her
we're baving all the preachers for
80
Father's
It you really want
dinner, Don't you want to come
along? When it comes to running
things, you can put it over the whole
board, if you ask me.”
“Oh, Mr. Westbury, what an idea!
It's nice of you to invite me, but 1
can't come tonight. 1 have some per:
sonal business to attend to.”
From his office, Giuger plunged into
an utter orgy of buying, For the first
time In her life, she abandoned herself
to reckless spending. She bought an
alligator pear. There were only two
in town, and she bought one of them.
She had never tasted an alligator
pear, but she knew it was something
elegant. She bought a jar of ripe
olives. Ripe olives were not common
in Iowa, but she had seen them ad-
vertised In her systemutic study of the
magazines, She bought salted almonds
and after-dinner mints. She bought
an angel-tood cake. In the furniture
store, she bought two small rose-col-
ored lamps for the living room, In the
dry-goods store, she bought two pairs
of white silk stockings, silk-to-the-top.
Miriam didn't really need them, of
course, but one could not well show
partiality between twins.
Then she went swiftly home, and
into the kitchen, where she rolled up
ber sleeves and went to work. She
had 70 notion of announcing antiel-
pated events until the two ministers
were well out of the house, and dinner
was ready. She realized that she
could easily fool the men with this
most timely Invitation out, but her
sisters would certainly suspect her of
connivance. So she postponed her
announcement, and in the meanwhile,
she worked.
At five o'clock, she sought out her
father and Hiram, deep in a discus
clon of recent progress in the mastery
“It’s Nice of You to invite Me, but |
Can't Come Tonight.”
informed them that
they had been invited out to dinner
most importantly, and that Joplin
Westbury expected them very early.
Hiram Buckworth seemed anything
but pleased at this hospitable over
ture.
“But, see here—I]
Marjory 1 would—1
him ap"
“Oh, it is too late. Why, his wife
has dinper ali ready for you.”
“Why didn't you tell us sooner?”
he demanded impatiently.
“Well, | didn't get home ontil very
inate, and you were upstairs. | hated
to disturb you. And | supposed of
course you would like to go.”
“Well, of course, | would like
some time—but tonight"
“He said to be there before six,
because they eat early, and he likes
his food hot,” she sald. “Come, father.
I'll brush you off a bit”
And she persisted in her assiduons
kindness until she finally saw her fa.
ther walking off In the anwilling
hands of Hirnm Buekworth,
“l can’t find Marjory,” he whispered,
dejectedliy. “Yon tell her how it was
-will yeu? And tell her "ll break
away as soon as | decently ean.”
“Oh, don’t do that, Marjory won't
mind—she can walt anil tomorrow
night for—whatever you were going
to do tonight,”
And she stood grimly on the verandn
and watched until they disappeared
from sight.
“For it would be just like him to
drop poor father Jght in the middle
of the street, and come bounding back
for a ast jook at tha roof that shel.
ters her—-the base pretender,” she
said indignantly,
of the air, and
told
call
can't go. 1
think I'll
ite
But when she wus usr ured that thels
departure was tinal, she flew upstairs
to the room where her glisters were in-
dustriously sewing (nce upon bits of
silk to wmeccord with the very latest
fashions in lingerie,
“Girls, burry and get dolled up,”
she sald. “Father and Hiram have
gone out to dinner—to Jop West's—
and Eddy Jackson is coming in, and
I'm doing all the work myself, so
we're going to pretend it's a party
Just for us.”
“Put ft off till tomorrow night,” said
Murjory, “so—father will be here.”
“Can't. Eddy has some kid from
some place—oid school friend, or some-
thing—~and he wants something to do
with him, so “they are coming here,
Come on now, let's have a good time.
Look, 1 bought you each a present—
silk-to-the-top.” She brandished the
stockings before them, *A sale. Good
ones.”
Marjory's eyes were wistful. “They
are just lovely,” she sald, “but |
shan't waste them on Eddy Jackson
and that child from some place. I'll
keep them till tomorrow when—father
is here.”
“Since when has father shown such
fondness for silk stockings? And {if
you don't put then on this very min.
ute, I'm going to wear them myself.
Aw, Margie, be a sport. Show Eddy
a good time for once, Think how
good he was to father.”
Either the pleading or the threat
was to good effect. Marjory hastily
pulled off her shoes and stockings,
and tried on the new silks-to-the-top.
The shimmery whiteness of them, the
silken softness, seemed to inspire her,
to inspire Miriam, also, who quickly
emulated her example, and Inciting
each other to further effort by this
brave beginning, they entered Joy-
ously into the spirit of the affair.
They brought out their entire ward-
robe to make selections that would
match the charm of the slik stockings
treasured bits of ribbons and lace,
modest pleces of Inexpensive jewelry.
They tried things on, rearranged, ex-
perimented. They admired bizarre
effects, offered criticisms, suggestions,
helped to arrange esch other's hair,
Ginger, meanwhile, flew distractedly
back and forth, between kitchen, din-
ing room and urging them
on, praising the results,
It was five ml before seven
when they pronounced themselves
perfect beyond the power of thelr pos-
sessions to Improve one ota. And
then they looked, at Ginger, 4 flushed,
perspiring Ginger, with tumbled hair
and starry eyes, a Ginger adorned in
a trim, cheap, flaming red smock.
“Mercy, Ginger, you are u sight.
You'd better dress. They'll be here”
jut Ginger had no Intention of dress-
ing. She was going to make this a
real party, two and Iwo, en tetea tele,
She would wait on the table, passing
back and forth as service was
As the girls, Indeed, often took turns
in waiting upon the table when there
were guests, they quickly acquiesced,
for ns Ginger sald, was entirely
hot, and too and ex-
cited to dress
She straightened her disordered
hair, puffed her flushed face with a
whisk of powder, and smoothed down
the flaming smock. Beside the twins
in their delicate coolness, thelr shim.
mery silken whiteness, she was like a
hot and seething little fire,
At the sound of the siren at the
gate, she ran toward the kitchen,
while the twins, each with an arm
around the other's walst, sauntered
slowly down the stairs, softly singing,
as the two men came briskly up the
flagstone path,
ut Ginger had pot gone to the
kitchen, Not all the way. She planted
herself just beyond the base of the
circular. staircase, out of sight, but
where a mirror on the opposite wall
reflected the veranda entrance. Gin-
ger was not one to miss the approach
of a romantic figure. These things
happen too seldom to be taken with
nonchalance.
And as, in the mirror, reflecting the
doorwny, she saw that brisk approach
up the flagstone path, black horror
darkened her eyes, white anger paled
her flushed cheeks.
The twins, cool, white and smiling,
had descended to the bottom -most
step. And in the open doorway, laugh-
ing, stood Eddy Jackson,
side him
Miriam withdrew herself impetu-
ously from Marjory's light clasp, and
flung her arms about him.
“Oh, Alex—oh,
hateful thing
me ?-Margie, It's Alex”
It was the can grocer.
(TO BR CONTINUED)
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The durability of leather was proved
by the discovery, In the course of ex
eavating for the foundations of the
new Bank of England, of soles of
Roman shoes, one of which bore clear
ly the Impress of the official Roman
eagle,
The soles evidently were those of
the sandals worn by women and chil
dren. Bronze rivets were used to hold
together two or three thicknesses of
leather and no doubt accounted In
part for the life obtained from the
footwenr, which must have been much
grenter In weight than present-day
shoes. The old leather was in about
the same state of preservation as
might be expected of a modern shoe
that had been on a rubbish heap for
a couple of months,
Although nowadays leather is pro
duced with more speed and less me
chanlenl crudity, the processes of pre
serving, toughening, and softening It
are not materially different from
those practiced by the Romans in
England about 2,000 years ago.
Desert Conditions Common
Deserts, in the sense of great arens
that are at all times hot, dry and
nearly devold of life, are comparative.
ly rare. But desert conditions, in the
sense of high temperatures and short
age of water arise at times on almost
all land areas. Seasonal deserts, areas
that for a part of the year have an
abundant water supply accompanied
by a luxuriant vegetable growth, and
through the remainder of the year
have no water supply and can show
only dry masses of dead leaves and
stems, are common, [lHustrations of
such conditions may ba found along
any roadside In midsummer, They
are very common in places where there
is but a thin layer of soll over bed
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building It for Phillip Chancellor,
its cylinders will be ca
125 hour. The
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MOTOR TRUCK NOW
BiG FARM FACTOR
Hard-Surfaced Roads
cilitate Marketing of
Wheat in Ohio.
Fa-
Under those ¢
ditions the weather wag an im
movement, as wheat »
ket
the
factor in the
hauled to m
weather when rons
Under present-day conditions the
is made by motor truck in abou
and one-half
ing from 85 to 145 bus
regardiess of weather condition
hours,
Trucks for Delivery.
Mr. Fritz
tendency among Ohio farm
their wheat f. o. b. the farm,
make fertilizer,
and mixed feed on terms Including de.
livery at the farm. In order to make
such Ohlo have
equipped trucks for delivery purposes,
charges being fixed on a tost basis
and incorporated as a part of the
sales contract, at rates less than the
farmer can transport such commod
itles from elevator to farm. The
farmer can now arrange with a local
elevator relative to date of threshing
and the elevators will supply motor
trucks which will be in the wheat
field at the beginning of operations
By this method the entire lot of
grain is moved to the local elevator
in less than a single day. Commercial
trucking companies also participate in
the wheat movement in the rush sea-
gon, and wheat is carried until mid:
night, and receiving and elevation
taken care of. “Obviously such an
extremely rapid movement of grain
from country to elevator,” says Fritz,
“is a severe strain upon the equipment
and storage facilities of the local ele.
vators. The speed at which the rgil-
roads today transport wheat during
the ‘new crop’ movement is also a
substantial factor in the enormous ac.
cumulations of wheat at terminals
during the after-harvest rush move
ment,
“In years past,” Mr, Fritz reports,
“the railroads’ box-car equipment was
based on a 00,000-pound capacity car,
The present car has a capacity of
either 80,000 or 100,000 pounds. The
use of the 60,000-pound capacity ear
established a custom among shippers
and receivers of loading 1,100 bushels
of red winter wheat for a carload.
Receivers and mills are being urged
by the railroads to use the larger
units, for very few 00000-pound cars
remain that can be used for grain
shipment, Consequently, the carload
is ificreasing from 1,100 to 1,400 and
1,600 bushels, This Increase in car
eapacity has a tendency to Increase
the total number of bushels in the
dally receipts at terminals, while the
number of cars received may not de
note a material Increase over the
dally carlot receipts of former years.”
has
ers to sell
and to
purchases of lime,
deliveries, elevators
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by means of a voltmeter connected at
of a Novel Flashlight
both ends of the wire,
bulb requires very little voltage
is sufficient to operate it.
light,
stop light.
glow brightly enough add a few feet
to the wire marked X In the diagram.
Popular Science Monthly.
AUTOMOBILE NOTES
The value of a highway Is measured
by the quality of its feeder roads,
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Chinese roads are about four feet
wide, Not much chance for auto accel
dents.
* * »
Be prepared for bad weather by
having the skid chains In good condi.
tion and ready for use when needed
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An average of 2000000 motor cars
pass out of existence every year. The
average length of thelr service Is sev.
en years.
Lo
It is advigable to drain the carbure-
tor occasionally to clean the fuel line
of water which Is forced from the
gasoline tank,
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The total highway costs in 1020 for
county, state and federal roads in the
United States will approximate $1.675,-
000,000, of which the federal govern.
ment’s share Is but $75,000,000.
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of the suffering an over-strong
pipe has caused others. But now, we
trust, Father will lose no time in dis-
covering Sir Walter Raleigh, whose
mild, fragrant blend is as popular with
the smoked-at, as it is delightful to the
smoker. This blend of choice Burleys
has plenty of body and a very spegial
fragrance. Yet it's so mild you can
smoke it all day long, with only the
sensation of increasing enjoyment.
How to Take Care of Your Pipe
(Hrmt No. 1) Don’t swit
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Phillips
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ly checked, and the digestive organs
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this form of relief you will cease to
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good for children, too, Use it when-
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signals need of a sweetener, Physi.
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Get the genuine, the name Phillips Is
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